Saeed Karimian

Saeed Karimian (1972-30 April 2017) was an Iranian businessman who was the founder and CEO of the Emirati-based GEM TV, a show that was deemed anti-culture by the Iranian government. He was assassinated by the IRGC on 30 April 2017.

Biography
Saeed Karimian was born in Iran in 1972, and he was alleged to have been a member of the People's Mujahideen of Iran by the Tasnim News Agency. He founded the GEM Group in 2001 and GEM TV in 2006, broadcasting Persian-language programming from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. GEM had 18 prominent channels, showing movies, documentaries, and Western television shows such as America's Got Talent and The X Factor. Jam News called GEM TV "the most destructive anti-culture media" for its Western style, and Karimian was tried in absentia by a Tehran court and sentenced to six years in prison for "spreading propaganda against Iran." On 30 April 2017, Karimian and his Kuwaiti business partner were killed in a drive-by shooting by IRGC assassins as they drove through the Maslak neighborhood of Istanbul, Turkey.